April 06, 2010

The Akinator

http://us.akinator.com/

This is amazing. It's a bit like 20 questions, and this guy tries to guess which character you're thinking of. He's right 99% of the time, and what's really impressive is that he figures it out with a very standard set of clues, and even if you mess up or don't know up to a third of them. It's amazing. So far, I've given it:

Luthien (From the Silmarrillion, part of the Lotr universe)
Tracey (A character from one season of Pokemon)
Mara Skywalker (Star Wars)
Kazooie (from Banjo-Kazooie)
Belgamina (A very random, small character from FFX)
Bruce Springsteen
Thumbelina
Eddard Stark (from ASOIAF)

The only one it's gotten wrong is Belgamina, and it was very, very close there. (It got Yunalesca, another character in the mythology of FFX with a somewhat similar role).

You can even see how it figured it out. For example, I tried Arya Stark, another ASOIAF character. This is how it went:

Question Answer given Answer expected
Is your character an adult man?NoNo
Is your character a female?YesYes
Has your character really existed?NoNo
Is your character a citizen of the United-States?NoNo
Is your character from a video game?NoNo
Is your character from an anime (Japanese animation)?NoNo
Is your character from a TV series?NoNo
Does your character have magical powers?NoNo
Is your character from a Walt Disney animated feature?NoNo
Is your character from a novel?YesYes
Is your character English?NoNo
Does your character fight?YesYes
Is your character less than 18 years old?YesYes
Does your character have a older brother?YesYes
Is your character in love with a man?NoNo
Does your character have a sister?YesYes


And, here's with a real person, I tried Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway.


Question Answer given Answer expected
Is your character real?YesYes
Is your character a woman ?YesYes
Has your character ever been married?YesYes
Is your character an actor?NoNo
Is your character a singer, or does he work with a singer (as a songwriter, producer, musician...)?NoNo
Is your character internationally famous?YesYes
Is your character a citizen of the United-States?NoNo
Is your character still alive?YesYes
Is your character tanned?Probably not?
Does your character belong to the royal family?YesYes
Does your character have grand-children?NoNo
Is your character English?NoNo
Is your character of Arabic origins?NoNo
Is your character currently more than 50 years old?NoNo
Is your character sexy?Don't knowProbably not
Is your character from Argentina?NoNo
Is your character Asian?NoNo
Is your character a native Spanish speaker?NoNo
Is your character blond?YesYes
Is your character from the Scandinavian area?YesYes

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mara Skywalker?

Since when do you know anything about Star Wars?!

Elindomiel said...

Hm, who is this?

Hans and Shinta said...

Haha..I tried it. FUN!